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...applicant sent in a life-sized papier mâché model of himself,” Fitzsimmons says. Another student sought to display his skills in taxidermy to the admissions committee. “By the time the squirrel reached us,” the Dean says, “it was not in the best condition...
Still, the march was not without incident. Anarchists set a green papier-mâche dragon on fire, but the flame was quickly extinguished...
...opening ceremonies are usually where good intentions and bad taste merge into something profoundly silly--and there was no reason to expect anything different from Athens 2004. With the weight of ancient mythology, Olympic history and western civilization piled on its nervous shoulders, surely the Greeks would give us papier-mache Argonauts fleeing from an angry Zeus robot. Or a children's chorus performing a Zorba medley at the Acropolis. Or at least Yanni. But last Friday, Athens introduced a surprising new element to the show: class, or at least its cousin, restraint. History was referenced by way of crisp...
...million vs. $1 billion last year. But jet fuel prices are up more than 40% in the past year, and every penny of increase costs American $30 million annually. Arpey is acutely aware that his airline still faces a bumpy ride. Sitting on his desk is a purple papier-mache dinosaur his 6-year-old daughter gave him for his first "show and tell" with executives after the near miss with bankruptcy. "She says it has special flying powers," says Arpey, "and boy, do we need that right now." --With reporting by Sally B. Donnelly/Washington
...more a public entertainment, a Culture Circus. Wars require combatants. The general public is not up in arms but plastered in armchairs, occasionally roused to flaccid pique by a handful of show-biz gladiators--Rosie O'Donnell, Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken, Jerry Falwell--who fight carefully selected papier-mache lions...